Table 11
Least square means for the fatty acid composition (% of total FA) of subcutaneous fat in goats fed graded levels of blend of 80 % canola oil and 20 % palm oil

	Level of BCPOa (%)				P value
Parameter	0	4	8	SEM	Overall	Linear	Quadratic
C14:0, myristic	5.64	4.96	4.32	0.34	0.379	0.239	0.461
C16:0, palmitic	25.52	20.09	20.03	2.68	0.114	0.119	0.988
C16:1n-7, palmitoleic	3.57	3.20	2.86	0.24	0.126	0.073	0.327
C18:0, stearic	22.07	26.39	26.51	2.24	0.300	0.125	0.968
C18:1n-9, oleic	24.15	25.28	23.34	1.44	0.640	0.929	0.352
C18:1 trans-11 Vaccenic	3.15	3.19	3.45	0.56	0.833	0.713	0.637
CLA cis-9 trans-11	1.25	1.56	1.98	0.31	0.282	0.192	0.360
CLA trans-10 cis-12	1.88	2.03	1.74	0.26	0.739	0.970	0.443
C18:2n-6, linoleic	3.05	3.47	3.78	0.58	0.663	0.418	0.697
C18:3n-3, linolenic	2.04	1.60	1.63	0.38	0.679	0.386	0.955
C20:4n-6, arachidonic	2.60	1.89	2.32	0.43	0.512	0.356	0.492
C20:5n-3, eicosapentaenoic	2.80	2.20	3.16	0.68	0.607	0.890	0.328
C22:5n-3, docosapentaenoic	1.63	2.04	2.58	0.29	0.098	0.075	0.209
C22:6n-3, docosahexaenoic	1.78	2.71	2.01	0.48	0.371	0.329	0.311
Total FA (mg/g of fat)	526.53	579.41	549.34	87.20	0.428	0.425	0.320
FA sums and ratios
∑SFA	53.23	51.43	50.86	2.11	0.944	0.741	0.956
∑MUFA	30.87	31.66	29.47	1.59	0.643	0.878	0.357
∑PUFA	17.02	17.49	19.20	2.06	0.612	0.325	0.667
∑n-3	8.24	8.54	9.89	0.80	0.679	0.833	0.395
∑n-6	5.65	5.36	6.37	1.18	0.810	0.514	0.446
n-6:n-3	0.74	0.66	0.67	0.04	0.911	0.530	0.916
UFA:SFA	0.83	0.86	0.87	0.08	0.658	0.677	0.919
PUFA:SFA	0.32	0.34	0.37	0.03	0.553	0.581	0.458
Desaturase and elongase indices
ID16	12.27	13.74	12.49	0.98	0.291	0.348	0.237
ID18	52.25	48.92	46.82	2.12	0.100	0.222	0.277
Elongation Index (EI)	61.37	68.93	68.53	3.47	0.138	0.091	0.450